460 labiatjE. 



oblong, cuspidate; lower lip of calyx vei-y short, the 2 .teeth prickl}-; 

 upper lip arched, crowned by 3 short sharp teethj style and stamens 

 little exserted; lower portion of connective in fertile stamens manifest 

 at the joint as a subulate rudiment; upper pair of stamens represented 

 by short sterile iilaments, their tips approximate; corolla white or 

 slightly lilac-tinged and rather small, exserted; upper lip notched; 

 middle lobe of lower lip transversely oblong or orbicular, emarginate 

 and slightly denticulate, joined to the main part of the lip by a narrow 

 constriction. — (Audibertia stachyoides Benth.) 



ilount Diablo; Las Trampas Eidge; near Haywards; San llateo 

 Co.; G-lenwood and Loma Prieta, southward to Southern California. 

 Apr.-3Iay. 



S. Calitokxica (Audibertia polystaohya Benth.), White Sage, 

 is a shrubby species, often 8 ft. high, "occurring from Santa Barbara 

 to San Diego, and distinguished by its open paniculate inflorescence. 



4. S. Sonomensis Greene. Eamona. Plants more or less 

 matted, the flowering stems almost leafless and scape-like, 4 to 8 

 in. high, ascending from a leafy decumbent or prostrate base; leaves 

 green and rugulose above, whitish with a close dense tomentum 

 beneath, oblong- or obovate-spatulate, crenulate, petioled, IJ to 3 J in. 

 long; calyx like that of S. mellifera but the prickly teeth of the 

 larger upper lip short; corolla light violet; upper lip short, of 

 two erect or somewhat retrocurved lanceolate lobes; lower lip large, 

 much prolonged in the direction of the tube, its lateral lobes acute, 

 short, the middle with its orbicular-dilated terminal portion turned 

 abruptly downward, its margin denticulate or somewhat fringed; 

 upper (sterile) stamens inserted at orifice of tube, bristle-like, diver- 

 gent; two lower (fertile) stamens inserted on lower lip without the 

 orifice, ascendin.g, straight (nearly as long as the corolla); style long 

 exserted. — (Audibertia humilis Benth. Ramona humilis Greene.) 



>Iuntane species at middle altitudes: Sonoma; mountains west of 

 Calistoga; Mt. Shasta; Calaveras and Mariposa Cos.; San Diego Co. 

 May. 



5. S. spathacea Greene. Ckimsox Sage. Coarse strictly herba- 

 ceous plant, very viscid and glandular-pubescent or -villous; upper 

 surface of leaves dark green , under surface whitened with a close short 

 tufted tomentum; stems erect, simple, IJ to 2 ft. high; leaves broadly 

 oblong-ovate, with broadly triangular-cordate base, more or less 

 doubly crenate or crenulate, upper surface rugulose, 4 to 8 in. long, on 

 petioles 2 or 3 in. long or some of the cauline sessile; whorls of flowers 

 5 or 6 or more, subtended by broadly ovate, or ovate-lanceolate mem- 

 branaceous purplish bracts; calyx strongly veined, laterally com- 

 pressed but somewhat inflated, 1 in. long or over, J in. wide at the 

 broadest part, spathe-like, deeply slit in front between the two cuspi- 

 date-tipped teeth, the upper concave lip much larger, 3-dentate with 

 the middle tooth largest; corolla crimson, IJ to tjin. long; upper lip 

 short, nearly erect, emarginate; lower lip spreading, the lateral lobes 

 short, triangular, acute, the middle lobe much developed, broadly 

 obcordate, 4 lines broad; stamens much exserted; lower fork of the 



